Friday, November 11, 2011

December 2011 Book Club Book

Hilary Mantelis the 2009 recipient of the Booker Prize for her novel Wolf Hall. The prize goes to a novel written in English by a citizen of the Commonwealth of Nations, Ireland, or Zimbabwe. Wolf Hall is a fictional portrait of Henry VIII's turbulent court

The club will meet to discuss Wolf Hall on Thursday, December 1, 7pm at the Pioneer Bookshop. Everyone is welcome to attend.

Scott Cawelti, author of Brother's Blood, visited the Pioneer Bookshop on November 10 to share stories surrounding his book. The audience was treated to a lively discussion about Cawelti's personal connections to the family and the investigators involved with the murders that took place in Cedar Falls, Iowa in 1975.

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